Visual Studio 2019

Visual Studio 2019 16.11 Preview 2

Justin Johnson June 15, 2021 Jun 15, 2021 06/15/21

Visual Studio 2019 16.11 preview 2 is available today! Version 16.11 is focused on enhancing the stability and security of Visual Studio 2019. For features included in this release see the 16.11 Preview 1 blog post or check out the release notes.

Intelligent Visual Studio Search Service

Anne Gao March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

In v16.9 Visual Studio release, we introduce the AI-powered Visual Studio Search service, which is integrated into the shortcut Ctrl+Q for intelligent Visual Studio feature searches. This blog post introduces the system architecture in high level details, including the core Azure services that we built and leveraged.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1 are Available Today!

Jacqueline Widdis March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Our team is eager to release Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1. These include new features from our C++, .NET Productivity, XAML tooling, Address Sanitizer, and IntelliCode teams.

[Guest Post] Better refactoring for Unity projects using .NET analyzers

John Miller February 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 02/10/21

In this guest post, Visual Studio Tools for Unity intern Shreya Pandit shows how she created custom analyzers for Unity, and how you can get involved with the open source project as well.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

Jacqueline Widdis January 20, 2021 Jan 20, 2021 01/20/21

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 releases today. Highlights of this release include additional functionality in C++, .NET Productivity, XAML Tools, and Accessibility. Check out the new features today!

[Guest post] Our Head First C# Contest Got Some Truly Creative Entries

Jon Galloway December 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 12/16/20

We just completed our Head First C# book contest! This blog post shows off some of the more creative solutions to the code challenge, and tells you how you can still get the first four chapters of the book for free.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2 and New Year Wishes Coming to You!

Jacqueline Widdis December 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020 12/8/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2! Our C++, .NET, and Xamarin Forms teams have been hard at work to deliver some great new functionality. This includes improvements in IntelliSense, binding properties, and using directives. Check out this latest release to give our features a try.

New Features in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1

Jacqueline Widdis September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1 gives you improvements in Git Integration, C++20 conformance, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and XAML . Plus, you can sign-up for our new Visual Studio Codespaces.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2 Releases New Features Today!

Jacqueline Widdis August 25, 2020 Aug 25, 2020 08/25/20

New features in Git Integration, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and Xamarin are releasing in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2. Each of our teams continue to work hard to delight our developers. For this reason, Preview releases are some of the most exciting for us as we wait to hear how our newest features impact your work.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 and v16.8 Preview 1 Release Today!

Jacqueline Widdis August 5, 2020 Aug 5, 2020 08/5/20

Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 and Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview 1. Both versions include additional Git integration, .NET Productivity improvements, WPF additions, and C++ improvements.

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